Provincial News Archives

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is calling on farmers to seize the opportunity to interact with consumers and share the good news story of how their food is produced.

The provincial government is reopening the Manitoba Bridge Grant program to provide an estimated $5 million in support for seasonal businesses, new applicants and others affected by public health restrictions.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.1 per cent provincially and 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on June 23, 2021, 123 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, one case has been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 122 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 55,589.

Today, individuals who received their first dose on or before May 31 are eligible to book their second dose. Second dose eligibility will expand tomorrow at 11:45 a.m. to include people who received their first dose on or before June 6. Manitobans must book their appointment based on the date of their first dose or other provincial eligibility criteria.

Despite low vaccine uptake in areas of Manitoba, the province has announced that it will still move ahead with the first milestone of its ‘4-3-2 One Great Summer’ Reopening Path one week early and open many businesses and facilities to 25 per cent capacity beginning on June 26th.

A total of 87 warnings and 59 tickets were issued for the week of June 14 to 20 including 46 $1,296 tickets to individuals, 11 $298 tickets to individuals for failure to wear a mask in indoor public places and two $5,000 tickets to businesses.

Hamiota RCMP are asking the public for any information into the whereabouts of a missing female youth, 13-year-old Kylynn Kasto.

The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 7.6 per cent provincially and 6.6 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on June 22, 2021, 69 new cases of the virus have been identified. However, seven cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 62 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 55,467.

The Manitoba government plans to construct a new diamond interchange at the intersection of PTH 100 (Perimeter Highway) and PTH 3, which will increase safety and reduce travel delays along the Perimeter Highway.

Manitoba Public Health advises a single case of H3N2 variant influenza (flu) (H3N2v) has been found in southern Manitoba. The case has been reported to the Public Health Agency of Canada in accordance with international health regulations.